Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I am very passionate! My love for food and preparing food runs deep into my person, it's who I am
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Receive Text UpdatesAny type of fish dish! Love cooking with fish and everything under the sea :)
Who is your culinary inspiration?My father, he has passed on but I carry his passion with me. He was the cook in our family growing up.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would put it towards a food truck
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